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  • A new year and a new face for www.ccjm.org
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.01015

    CCJM.org has a new look and new interactive features, but it remains open to all and free of charge. Log on and register.

  • Learning disorders: How pediatricians can help
    Elaine E. Schulte, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S24-S28; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.05
  • Quitting smoking: Still a challenge, but newer tools show promise
    Quitting smoking: Still a challenge, but newer tools show promise
    Gregory B. Collins, MD, DFAPA, Jason M. Jerry, MD, FAPA and Robert Bales, MD, MPH, FAAFP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 39-48; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14016

    Smoking continues to be a major public health problem with devastating consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality. Physicians are strongly encouraged to engage patients in a serious, concerted, and consistent effort to overcome nicotine addiction. Brief counseling in combination with medications has been shown to be effective. This article provides physicians guidelines for helping patients to quit this addictive disorder.

  • RSV infections: State of the art
    Giovanni Piedimonte, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S13-S18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.03
  • Insulin therapy and cancer risk (October 2014)
    Athanasios Fountas, MD, MHA, MSc, Georgia Rosiou, MD and Agathocles A. Tsatsoulis, MD, PhD, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.01001

    A reader comments on whether insulin therapy increases the risk of cancer (October 2014).

  • Use of long-acting reversible contraceptives to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy
    Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S8-S12; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.02
  • Joint pain in a man with lung cancer
    Emily Jernigan, BS, Nadia Siddiqi, DO and Prashanth Peddi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 18-19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.13137

    Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is characterized by proliferation of the skin and periosteal formation of new bone.

  • ADHD and behavioral disorders: Assessment, management, and an update from DSM-5
    Joseph Austerman, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S2-S7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.01
  • Rule out pulmonary tuberculosis: Clinical and radiographic clues for the internist
    Catherine Anne Curley, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 32-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14014

    As tuberculosis rates decline in the United States, clinicians are less likely to consider it early in a patient’s illness. Certain clinical and radiographic features increase the likelihood of tuberculosis. This review covers the clinical and radiographic features of tuberculosis, the initial evaluation of the patient, the use of airborne infection isolation, and the utility of new molecular techniques in diagnosing tuberculosis.

  • Dermatology for the pediatrician: Advances in diagnosis and treatment of common and not-so-common skin conditions
    Joan Tamburro, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S19-S23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.04

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